David, That is what we've discovered here also. The number stored in the "Media" column is not related to any tapes in the tape system. Thanks for the reply. Tom ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Barbour Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:54 AM To: kevin.lidh@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR); Allen, Brandon; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Does the Rman Catalog hold tape volume names? Currently, I'm using RMAN with AX/TSM. I can categorically state the number in the media column IS NOT the tape number. I've actually run through this with Tivoli Support.